Tobacco-pipe



(No Model.) 7 W. B. HUGHES.

TOBACCO PIPE.

N0. 473,666. P66611666 Apr. 26,1692.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM B. HUGHES, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,666, dated April26, 1892. Application filed July 23, 1891. Serial No. 400.402. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILL AMB. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark,in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to enable tobacco-pipes to be cleanedwith greater facility and more perfectly than heretofore and to preventthe deleterious residuum or condensations from the smoke accumulating inthe stem and finally being drawn into the mouth of the smoker; and itconsists in the improved tobacco-pipe and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth,and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is a sideelevation of the improved pipe. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of thestem thereof, taken on line 00. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of acertain removable tube adapted to be employed in said stem, and Fig. 5is an end view of one of the sections of said tube.

In said drawings, a indicates an ordinary pipe-bowl, 19 indicates thelongitudinally-perforated stem, and 0 indicates a removable lining forthe perforation in said stem. The

said lining 0 consists of metallic sections 0 c, which are jointed orseparated longitudinally and laid together, as indicated in Fig. 2, toform a complete smoke-passage. By forming a complete passage for thesmoke the condensations or residual matter is prevented fromaccumulating on the walls of the stem and enteringing beneath the liningfinally working into the mouth. The longitudinal grooves d may be of anyshape, and the flanges cl provide bearings for holding the sections inproper relative positions. At one end the sections are preferablyprovided with abutments or stays 2, adapted to prevent the tube frombeing forced to project beyond the extremity 0f the mouth-piece f, andthese serve also as nail or finger pieces by which the sections may bedrawn longitudinally out from the stem by the finger-nail or otherwise.

In practice the sections are placed together, as indicated in Fig. 4,and thrust into the pipe-stem until stopped by the abutments or stays e,engaging the extremity of the stem. The stem is then inserted into thebowl. ready for use. To clean the smoke-passage, the sections areremoved from the stem and separated, so that access to said passage iseasily gained.

That I claim as new is- 1. The improved pipe-stout combining therein thestem b and sections 0, separable from said stem and from one another,open at opposite ends, and forming the smoke-passage complete,substantially as set forth.

2. The improved pipe-stem in which is combined the longitudinally boredor perforated stem, trough-shaped sections flanged from end to end andfitted together, with their flanges face to face-and located in the boreof the stem and having abutmets fitted against the end of the stem,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of July, 1891.

WILLIAM B. HUGHES. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL.

